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Russian grotesque realism : the great reforms and the gentry decline

Title
Russian grotesque realism : the great reforms and the gentry decline / Ani Kokobobo.
Author
Kokobobo, Ani
Publication
  • Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
x, 154 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"A rereading of the Russian realist novel that proposes a hybrid genre, grotesque realism, to describe changes during the postreform era"--
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Russian fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Grotesque in literature
  • Realism in literature
  • Gentry in literature
  • Russian fiction
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index.
Contents
The nihilist as grotesque other in Ivan Goncharov's The precipice and Nikolai Leskov's Cathedral folk -- Nihilist monsters and the failed gentry protagonist in Dostoevsky's Demons -- The gentry heroine as grotesque other: roots of Tolstoy's grotesque aesthetic in Anna Karenina -- Grotesque realism and the decline of the gentry in M. Saltykov-Shchedrin's The Golovlev Family -- The gentry milieu as grotesque microcosm in Tolstoy's Resurrection -- Rehabilitating all monsters: love and the rehumanization of the grotesque in the Brothers Karamazov -- Conclusion: The death of the novel.
Call Number
JFE 18-6023
ISBN
  • 9780814213636
  • 0814213634
LCCN
  • 2017045692
  • 14739529
OCLC
1000018727
Author
Kokobobo, Ani, author.
Title
Russian grotesque realism : the great reforms and the gentry decline / Ani Kokobobo.
Publisher
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Other Standard Identifier
14739529
Research Call Number
JFE 18-6023
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